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judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 29 And every
one who has given up houses or brothers or
sisters or father or mother or children or property, for my sake, will receive a hundred times
as much in return and will inherit eternal life.
30 But many who are the greatest now will be
least important then, and those who seem least
important now will be the greatest then.*”
19:16 Some manuscripts read Good Teacher.
19:17 Some
manuscripts read continue to keep.
19:18‑19 Exod 20:12‑16;
Deut 5:16‑20; Lev 19:18. 19:28a Or in the regeneration.
19:28b “Son of Man” is a title J esus used for himself. 19:30 Greek
But many who are first will be last; and the last, first.
PSALM 24:1‑10
A psalm of David.
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The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it.
The world and all its people belong
to him.
For he laid the earth’s foundation on the
seas
and built it on the ocean depths.
Who may climb the mountain of the Lord?
Who may stand in his holy place?
Only those whose hands and hearts are
pure,
who do not worship idols
and never tell lies.
They will receive the Lord’s blessing
and have a right relationship with God
their savior.
Such people may seek you
and worship in your presence,
O God of Jacob.*
Interlude
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Open up, ancient gates!
Open up, ancient doors,
and let the King of glory enter.
Who is the King of glory?
The Lord, strong and mighty;
the Lord, invincible in battle.
Open up, ancient gates!
Open up, ancient doors,
and let the King of glory enter.
Who is the King of glory?
The Lord of Heaven’s A
rmies—
he is the King of glory.
Interlude
24:6 As in two Hebrew manuscripts and Greek and Syriac
versions; most Hebrew manuscripts read O Jacob.
PROVERBS 6:1‑5
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My child,* if you have put up security
for a friend’s debt
or agreed to guarantee the debt
of a s tranger—
if you have trapped yourself by your
agreement
and are caught by what you said—
follow my advice and save yourself,
for you have placed yourself at your
friend’s mercy.
Now swallow your pride;
go and beg to have your name erased.
Don’t put it off; do it now!
Don’t rest until you do.
Save yourself like a gazelle escaping from
a hunter,
like a bird fleeing from a net.
6:1 Hebrew My son.
PHIARUNE AND LAI, a young Laotian couple, chose to follow Christ.
When police surveyed their village to document Christians, Phiarune’s
father struck his son and daughter-in-law off his family registration
booklet, leaving the couple without passports and unable to obtain
work, education, or social services. In society’s eyes, they were
disgraced. • LORD, STRENGTHEN all my persecuted Christian family
members who are shamed and rejected by their friends and family
because of their commitment to you. Lift their spirits. Amen.
EXODUS 10:1–12:13
Then the Lord said to M
oses, “Return to Pha
raoh and make your demands again. I have
made him and his officials stubborn* so I can
display my miraculous signs among them.
2 I’ve also done it so you can tell your children
and grandchildren about how I made a mockery of the Egyptians and about the signs I displayed among t hem—and so you will know
that I am the Lord.”
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3 So Moses and A
aron went to Pharaoh and
said, “This is what the Lord, the God of the
Hebrews, says: How long will you refuse to
submit to me? Let my people go, so they can
worship me. 4 If you refuse, watch out! For
tomorrow I will bring a swarm of locusts on
your country. 5 They will cover the land so that
you won’t be able to see the ground. They will
devour what little is left of your crops after the
hailstorm, including all the trees growing in
